The NBA calendar returns to a full 82-game schedule per team after pandemic-shortened seasons in 2019-20 and 2020-21.
Author: Jeff Zillgitt and Mark Medina, USA TODAY
NBA free agency tracker: Carmelo Anthony joining close friend LeBron James on the Lakers
Carmelo Anthony finally teams up with good friend LeBron James. Chris Paul and Kyle Lowry, two of biggest free agents, also sign new deals.
Heat, Nets, Bucks are among teams that need to be major players as NBA free agency opens
How teams fare during the free agency period could go a long way in determing how they fare during the regular season and playoffs.
NBA coaching carousel: With six vacancies, Becky Hammon and Chauncey Billups could get new jobs
Chauncey Billips is expected to land his first coaching job. Becky Hammon and Mike D’Antoni could also get one of the four open coaching positions.
Portland Trail Blazers part ways with coach Terry Stotts after nine seasons
The Blazers have agreed to part ways with head coach Terry Stotts a day after their fourth first-round playoff exit in five years.
LeBron James won’t face quarantine for violating protocol to attend tequila brand’s event
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James violated the NBA’s health and safety protocols but will not face a 10- to 14-day quarantine away from the team.
NBA big men are finally back in the hunt for MVP
From 1960-1980, some of the NBA’s best big men — Russell, Chamberlain, Kareem — won MVP awards. Then the role of center changed with the game.
Madness or maddening? NBA’s play-in game stirs controversy
The format is designed to give more teams a chance to make the playoffs, but to Mark Cuban, “this approach was an enormous mistake.”
Miami Heat, Denver Nuggets, Rajon Rondo among the winners at NBA trade deadline
There were some deadline day deals moves that could have an impact on the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs. Could is the key word.
NBA trade deadline tracker: Bulls get help for playoffs, Magic headed for rebuild
Who made the big move at the NBA trade deadline? Boston? Philadelphia? Miami? Los Angeles Clippers? Denver?